e-Diss.ch is the collection of digital Swiss university publications. It comprises dissertations and postdoctoral theses from Swiss universities.
Information on the e-Diss.ch collection
| Name | Approximate start of collection |
|---|---|
| Universität St. Gallen | 1996 |
| Universität Bern | 1998 |
| Università della Svizzera italiana | 2002 |
| Universität Basel | 2002 |
| Universität Freiburg | 2002 |
| Universität Zürich | 2002 |
| Université de Genève | 2002 |
| Université de Lausanne | 2002 |
| Université de Neuchâtel | 2002 |
| École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | 2003 |
| Universität Luzern | 2005 |
| Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich | 2009 |
New data are regularly collected from the institutions with a delay of 3 months after publication and processed, recorded and permanently archived at the Swiss National Library (NL).
Availability of the contents is governed by the stipulations of the individual institutions. University publications may be freely available, available subject to restrictions on the premises of the NL, or blocked for all types of use.
The collection can be accessed via e-Helvetica Access.
Submission recommendations
Empfehlungen für die Anlieferung von elektronischen Dissertationen an die Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek für die Langzeitarchivierung, Version 2.0, 06.2019 (in German) (PDF, 255 kB, 02.08.2022)This document contains the relevant information concerning the transfer of digital university publications to the NL. It lists technical recommendations for the transfer of documents, the format of digital objects and of metadata.
Last modification 02.08.2022
